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@wgb: Yeah, read about it. If true, i guess we can officially declare it the death of the god-tier action game, although i find it hard to believe since Bayonetta was actually profitable for Sega.
If it is true, hopefully it gets picked up by another publisher, which would be very likely.

@wgb: Yeah, read about it. If true, i guess we can officially declare it the death of the god-tier action game, although i find it hard to believe since Bayonetta was actually profitable for Sega.
If it is true, hopefully it gets picked up by another publisher, which would be very likely.

For the moment though, at least Rising is still on the way...

Yeah i was thinking the exact thing,if Sega indeed does not publish there would be a whole bunch of other publishers willing to take on this game.

With all these rumours about Sega changing their whole focus/look it might seem very very likely that might not publish this,but like you said it was one of the more profatable games and would be a dumb move on Segas side.

Consumers who were left disappointed by the apparent news of the cancellation of Bayonetta 2 have been thrown a lifeline by the first game’s creator.

Spong yesterday reported that “progress on the apparent Platinum Games sequel was halted” as a result of Sega’s ongoing restructuring, which has to date lead to the cancellation of several titles.

However, responding to these claims on Twitter, Bayonetta and Devil may Cry creator Hideki Kamiya told fans worried by the news to keep an eye on “next week’s game magazines”, according to Spong’s translation.

Indeed, there were elements of Spong’s initial claims that raised a few questions themselves – chiefly the fact that Sega is only the publisher of the game.

Sega is understood to own the Bayonetta IP, but if strategic changes are forcing Sega away from core console gaming then there’s surely a chance that they’d grant developer Platinum license to move forward with the IP independently.

It’s worth mentioning, too, that journalists from sister site Develop had at one stage been lead to believe that Bayonetta 2 was very much in development.

Funny thing is, developers and publishers keep thinking that gamers want more "casual" in their games. Then why do games like Demon's Souls, Dark Souls and the Ninja Gaiden series (bar 3) do so well and are loved by the gaming community? If anything gamers want MORE challenge now than ever!